On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:37:20 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Neil seems bothered that I posted a " feely touchy reply. Not at all. > I get the feeling > that he was annoyed by the fact that I am a " feely touchy" person. Not in the slightest. But don't let it stop you from jumping to the wrong conclusion. > His post implied that there was no place for that here because this is a > "technical" e mail list. My post didn't imply that, whatsoever. I cannot speak for the inference you or others would make - but it didn't imply that - I can say that in an absolute way, because I wrote it. I merely questioned whether your tacit disapproval of somebody else's postings, meant it was fair game to cast aspersions - and to be fair - you live by the sword, expect to be questioned by it. > I guess that Neil is not a "feely touchy" kind of guy and probably has little > patience for such people. Make any botched assumptions you choose - it doesn't bother me. Just seems to be rather par for the course - people disagree, then start getting personal - disguised as being touchy-feely. My objection was simply regarding your stated disagreement with Rat, spilling over into some agendised speculation and interrogation into Rat's background. The sinister overtones, and potential polarisation of such techniques, I find objectionable - but if you wanna dress it up as touchy-feely, then go right on ahead... > But he has to take it from the source. Why do I "have to" anything? <snipped hypothetical irony of presumed lack of human issues, and consequences> Your argument is flawed, in that it is a strawman - hypothetical argument, then shot down. All rather diversionary, anyway. You can campaign and advocate that which you seek in human interaction - however, what occurred, here, that I objected to, was regarding the agenda, and the suggestive polarisation that was evident. Neil _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
